Water quality examples

Mitch Gascoyne

Sustainability Consultant

MCW Consultants Ltd

LEEDuser Basic Member

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March 19, 2013

Does anyone have a good resource for expected water quality/colour of collected rainwater for toilet flushing? I have a few photo examples but need some more to convince an owner to use the strategy. Thanks, Mitch

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Tue, 03/19/2013 - 16:41

Mitch, I don't have any photographic examples, but in my experience it will typically look no different than regular toilet water. Rainwater itself looks like normal potable water. It can pick up some particular matter or mineral coloration depending on the collection method and location, but some filtration can (and probably should) easily remove this.

Jonathan Weiss

Jacobs Buildings & Infrastructure

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Wed, 05/07/2014 - 14:47

One note about color - we have worked on projects (and seen others) where there is a blue dye injected into the non-potable water to alert users that it is not, in fact potable. This is not universally required but some municipalities classify captured rainwater as "reclaimed" and require specific identification of it separate from the potable water system through signage and (biodegradable) dye.

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